Molding-machine.



F. W. TAYLOR.

MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1909.

1,057,594? PatentedApr. 1, 1913.

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MOLDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1909.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

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Specification or Letters-r sent.

"Patented new, 13 2913.

Application fiiednovember as, was. semi No. .5s0,sss,

To all ill-ham it may concern:

have invented a certainneW-and useful improvement in Molding-Machines, of which theifollowingis a true and exact description,

, tive limitation'of the length of stroke 0 the i mold supporhthe use of the stroke limiting devices of the character specified permits the effective use of a much simpler valve reference being had to 'the accompanying drawings, which forma part thereof.

'Myprcsent invention relates to jar molding-machines'of-the kind in which a mold support and an anvil movable relative to each otherare-employed, and the, sand or other mold forming material is compacted about the pat-ternor patterns by alternately separating-the mold support and anvil-and then causing themdocollida-the shock of collision settling the-sand about the patterns.

More particularly my present invention relates to'molding machines-0f the type-described, and claimed in Letters Patent No, 941,999,,granted Wilfred Lewis, November 30, 1909, in which provisions are made for giving movements to the anvil and mold support such that the momentum-of each at v the instantof impact is Wholly'orto a consid erable extent destroyedby the momentum of the other, with-a consequent avoidance of transmission of shookto the foundation on which the molding machine rests.

' One of the principal objects of the present invention is to provide a machine of the character specified with suitable devices for directly and positively limiting the rising movement of the mold support,-thus giving the mold support a definite and predetermined length of stroke or range of movement. Preferably the movement limiting devices employed are adjustable .to permit thelength of stroke of the mold support to be adjusted, and preferably also these devices are arranged to permit the mold support to move toward the anvil .with sub- SttlIlt-iill'fICGClOlll while opposing the movementof the mold support away from the anvil, or at. least the latter portion ofsaid movement, with gradually increasing resistance, whereby the movement of the mold support a'ivay from the anvil' is checked with a cushion action. I may limit, the rising movement of themold support either by connecting the controlling devices between the'mold support and the base of the machine, or by connecting those devices between-the mold support and the anvil itself.

A. further-object of the invention is to improve a machine of thetype specified in certain-of its general features of construe tion.

Besides the advantage of obtaining a v osimechanism for controlling the'admission of fluid under pressure to, and its exhaust from, the actuating chamber for causing the anvil-and mold support to'separate preparatory to collision when, as is usual, fluid pressure means are employed for bringing about such-movement. The form of my inventionin which the movement limiting devices. are connected between the mold support and the-base of the machine possesses collision and what is perhaps more important permits of the effective use {if a lighter anvil and consequently less expensive machine as a whole for forming molds of a given size'and weight, than would be otherwise possible.

The various features of novelty which characterize my invention are pointed out with particularity'in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this specification. F or a better understanding of the invention, however, and the advantages possessed by it, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which I have illustrated and described vforms in which my invention may be emb'kitlied.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a molding machine embodying one formof the present. invention. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified construction. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of one of the dash pot devices, the I view being on a larger scale than Figs. 1

an e is a d gram illustra ing one ."nular striking face or shoulder I3 and base-of the machine.

means of supplying pressure fluid to the ma chines of l igs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the machine shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. (3 is a sectional plan of a controlling valve which may be used'in the system shown in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base of the molding machine from the body. of which extends a central upstanding piston or guide post A. The anvil B of the moldingmachine comprises a disk like body portion formed with a central passage or cylinder space B receiving the guide A. The anvil B is provided at its upper end with an uprising piston B and surrounding the lower end of the piston B? is an an- The weight'of the anvil and the load carried by it, is supported on a resilient cushion, formed, in the apparatusdisclosed by a plurality of springs C, the lower ends of which surround bosses A on the upper side of the body portion of the base member A,-

while the upper ends of thesprings C enter sockets B formed in the underside .01 the anvil. To prevent the entrance of dirt or .the like in the space between the lower side of the anvil and the base, telescoping tubular sections D and E, of sheet iron or the like, are secured to the base A and anvil B. The tubular section I) is secured to the periphery ofthe base A, and the section E is secured to a shoulder or rib B projecting from the upper end of the anvil B at its periphery.

The mold support in the form shown com-, prises a mold supporting table Fqproper, and beneath the table F an integral hollow cylinder F, which receives the piston B and is formed with a'stiffened portion F at its lower end engaging the striking face B of the anvil at collision. v I

F are stiffening ribs employed to connect the body of the table F with the cylinder F as is usual. In the form shown, fluid under pressure, as compressed air, is admitted to and exhausted from the space F? in the cylinder F above the upper end of the piston B through a flexible pipe 1 connected to a port F leading through the wall of the cylinder F and controlled by the stationary valve H.

In the machine shown in Figs. 1 and 5 the means for limiting the rising movement of the mold support, include dash pots 'G' and means for connecting the pistons and cylinders thereof between the mold sup ort In the orm shown, the cylinder proper of each dash pot has ayoke G2 secured to its under end and in threaded and adjustable engagement wit-ha rod G which extends through the anvil B,

' passing through the corresponding spring socket B and a' coaxial passage B, and is seciired at its lower end to the base A. The piston G of each dash pot is connected by a stem ee /pee G to the-mold support. Each piston G is formed with one or more ports G controlled permit fluid to flow through the piston from the lower end to the upper end of the cylinder, but to close to prevent a flow through the piston in the opposite direction. In the inner surfaceof each cylinder wall one or more grooves or recesses G are formed, the cross sectional area of which decreases with the distance from the top of the cylinder. In consequence when the mold support moves away from the base of the machine, the damping fluid is at first able to [low with comparative freedom from the upper end of each cylinder into the lower end, but as the piston nears the upper end of the cylinder the resistance to its movement gradually increases, so that when the upper movement of the mold support .is finally entirely checked there is no jar. In order that there may be no appreciable resistance to the movement of the mold support in either direction when the latter is adjacent the lower limit of its movement, oneor more ports G may be formed in the side wall of the cylinder adjacent. its lower end. The cylinders are completely-filled by some liquid, such as oil, and to facilitate the filling of the cylinders and take care of the wastage, a valved FOHIIQCtlOII G may be attached to each cyl- 111 or.

5, rods Gr serve as guide rods acting in conjunction with the central guide post A to prevent the anvil from moving laterally or angularly about a vertical axis with respect to the base. I

Any suitable means may be employed for introducing the pressure fluid to, and exhausting it from the cylinder space F but sions for limiting the. upward movement of the mold support is the fact that the valve mechanism for controlling the admission and exhaust of the pressure'fiuid, may be simpler than the valve mechanisms now in general use in jar molding-machines. For instance, the simple manually actuated three Way valve shown in section in Fig. 6 may be employed. In Fig. 6, H represents the valve casing having an inlet port H connected to a pipe I leading from a source of fluid under pressure, and having a second port H connected to the pipe 1 running to the cylinder space F and a third port Il -opening into the atmosphere directly. The portII is alternately connected to the supply port H or to the exhaust port II by the rotary valve member H formed with channels H and H. The valve member H has sec-dr ed toits stem a hand lever H by which it is operated. I I

It will be understood that with the apparatus described, the pressure of 'theair ad- In the construction showir in Figs. 1. and

by check valves G arranged to open and-- one of the advantages incident to the provi-' ee-wee mitted to the cylinder space F must besiich the anvil.

that the product of the pressure per square inch multiplied by the cross sectional area of space F" equals or exceeds the weight-of the mold support and the'tdtal load carried by it. At each admission pf thepressure fluid to'cylinder s ace F; the mold support will be moved to t e u per limit of its movement and the anvil will be forced down until the tension of the springs C balances the wci ht of the anvil and the piston l' i ith the apparatus shown, when the total pressure-exerted by the pressure fluid between. the upper end of chamber F and the I top of piston 1 3 is in excess of the weight of the mold support andits load as the latter reaches the upward limit of its movement, the anvil is depressed thereby. This of course increases the tension of the springs and stores up energy in them which gives the anvil indre momentum at the instant of the following collision than is possessed by By regulating the amount of excess of anvil momentum a variation in the force of theblow struck may be ob tained. Of course it will be understood that in general the excess of anvil momentum should not be great enough to throw the nibld siipport violently to the upward limit of its movement with a consequent disturbance of flask, patterns and mold forming material, but this limitation does not pre vent of a very substantial variation in the force of the blow struck. Moreover, as I have already pointed out, the possibility of giving the anvil a substantial excess of momcntum over that possessed by the mold support. permits of the effective use of a lighter anvil and consequently less costly machine for forming a mold of given size or weight than would otherwise be possible.

With the apparatus shown the excess of anvil momentum may be obtained and regulated of course by supplying the chamber Ft with fluid from a high pressure source and regulating the pressure in chamber F by throttling the flow through the valve H. ihis regulation may be advantageously had also by regulating the pressure of the air supplied to the controlling valve H through the supply pipe I. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4 the pipe I leads from an intermediate tank J connected to a main supply reservoir M by a pipe K including an automatic and adjustable pressure reducing valve L. As the construction of adjustable pressure reducing valves is well known,

and as the details of the valve mechanism employed form no part of the present invention, I have not thought it necessary to illustratein detail the construction of the by adjustirig the hamste s in. The res sure maintained in the chamber J may be in-' dicatedby a gage ii sea should be so proportioned to the load on the mold support tli t t-lie pressure multiplied by the cross see ioiiaL-ar'ea ofthe chamber F exceeds the weight of the mold support and load carried by it by the desired amount. When so regulated, the incident-uni of the anvil will xceed the ihdlhehtum (if the mold supportah iiiipact to the desired extent.

It will be apparent that in the arr'an enieiit described, the valve'meclianisrii is ama simple and iiiexpensiye, and that the optimum of the apparatus is a simple matter. hen the flask, set (if patterns, and the forming material are in place on the mold sup oi' t, and it is desired to compa'ct the mo ding material, the operator s'iniply throws, the handle H into the position in which the valve H connects the cliiiiinels lid amin with the ports-H and He, and than after the mold su port is raised ali'tl the anvil depressed, the valve handle H is thrown to close the port H and cdiitie'ctiiig the ports H and H together so that the 'res'sur'e fluid may eX- haust. The time at which the hand lever H is thrown does not materially affect the operatibn of the machine, though the best economy in all consumption is obtained by thrhi'ving the lever H back and forth in sy n chronisl n with the natural period of vibi'atioh of the spring supported anvil B, but a failure to iiiove the valve lever in such synclironism does not materially a l fect the sit-ions of inaidihuiii separation, the mold support does not move off the piston in any case, and if the supply pressure 18 regulated as in Fig. 4 the anvil exerts no increased pressure on the springs C.

When the valve L is employed the operator quickly learns to accurately adjust the valveL for any particular load on the mold icio support. The exact manner in which the valve L should be adjusted can be easily determined of course by manipulating the 1 Valve until the anvil is depressed to the desired level. The stroke of the mold support can be easily adjusted by adjusting the connection between the rods Gtand the. corresponding yokes G and this permits 0t variation in the effect of the blouustruck. It will be apparent of course that when the parts are at rest the level of the mold sup port will vary with the load supported by it and in consequence it usually desirable to adjust the dash pot cylinders with substan tial changes in load.

the mold support and basc, as in the machine shown in Fig. l, the mold support mayv be directly connected to the anvil as shown in Fig. 2, where GA represents dash pot devices which may be identical with the dash pot devices G. in the constructimi shown in Fig 3 the bolts (i are directly but adjustably (-(niuected to the anvil. \Vith the machine shown in Fig. 2, the maximum separation of the anvil and mold support is limited by the dash pots GA and any excess of the pressure fluid admitted to the cylinder space F beyond that necessary to move the mold support as far as the dash pots GA will allow it to move is useless and without effect. With this form of my invention the momentum of the anvil is always substantially equal in amount but opposite in direction to the momentum of the mold support at collision regardless of the pressure in the cylinder attached to tlie mold support.

The. molding machine proper disclosed is obviously charzuzterized by its simplicity and general mechanical excellence.

The form of the anvil and the manner in which it is supported permits the anvil to be made as heavy as seems desirable without unduly increasing the vertical dimensions thereof, and the machine as a whole requires little machining and may be readily assembled and taken apart when necessary for adjustments or repairs. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art, however, that the invention in its broad aspects is not limited to the particular apparatus disclosed, and that certain features of the invention may be advantageously used under some circumstances without a corresponding use ofother features, and i do not wish the claims hereinat'ter made to be limited to the particular apparatus disclosed more than is made necessary by the state of the art.

I'laving now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In a jar molding machine, the combination of a basc,'an anvil mounted on said base and vertically movable with respect thereto, means providing a' resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support vertically movable relative to the anvil and base, means for causing the anvil and mold support to first separate and then collide,

and connections positively limiting the rising movement of the mold support.

2. In a jar molding machine, the combination of a base, an anvil mounted on said base and vertically movable. with respect thereto, means providing-a resilient cushion between the base and-anvil, a mold support vertically movable relative to the an iland .port.

base, means for causing the anvil and mold support to first separate and then collide, and adjustable connections positively limiting the rising movement of the mold supo. In a ar molding machine, the comb1- nation of a base, an anvil mounted on said base and vertically movable with respect thereto, means providing a resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support vertically movable relative to the anvil and base, means for causing the anvil and mold support to first separate and then collide, and connections positively limiting the ris ing movement of the mold support, said connections including cushioning devices arranged to exert an increasing retarding effeet on the mold support as the latter reaches the limit of; its movement.

4:. In a jar molding machine, the combination of a base, an anvil mounted on said base and vertically movable with respect. thereto, means providing a resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support vertically movable relative to the anvil and. base, means for causing the anvil and mold support to first separate and then collide, and connections positively limiting the rising movement of the mold support, saidconnections including one or more dash pots.

5. In a jar molding machine, the combination of a base, an anvil mounted on said base and vertically movable with respect thereto, means providing a resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support vertically movable relative to the anvil and base, means for causing the anvil. and mold support to first separate and then collide, and connect-ionspositively limiting the rising movement of the mold support, said 05 connections includingone or more dash pots, each including a piston and a cylinder and having provisions whereby the falling movement of the mold support is not impeded thereby while the latter portion of the rising movement of the mold support is opposed by a-gradually increasing resistance.

6. In a jar molding machine, the. combination of a base formed with an upstanding guide,-a disk like anvil formed wit-h a central passage receiving said guide and provided on its upper side with an upstanding piston, cushion springs between the base and anvil, a mold support formed with a 130 hollow cylinder receiving said piston, and means for connecting the interior of said cylinder above ,said piston alternately to a source of fluid'under pressure and to exhaust. Y

7. In a jar molding machine,

a the combination of a base formed with an upstandincense i ng pistomcushion springs between the base oylindenreceiving said piston; means-foe connecting the interior oi said cylinder above said piston alternately to a source of fluid under pressure and to exhaust, and telescoping tubular guards OOIlIlQGtQdrlTO the base and anvil and incloein-g said springs.

9. In a jar molding machiner the'combination of a base, an anvil mounted on said base and, vertically movable with respect thereto, means providing a resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support above the anvil and vertically movable with respect to the anvil and base, said anvil and mold support being provided, one with a cylinder and the other with a piston working therein, means for introducing pressure fluid to and permitting it to exhaust from said cylinder, and means for positively limiting the rising movement of the mold support.

10. In a jar molding machine, the combtination of a base, an anvil mounted on. said base and vertically movable with respect thereto, means providing a resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support above the anvil and vertically movable with respect to the anvil. and base, said anvil and mold support being provided, one with a cylinder and the other with a piston working therein, means for introducing pressure thud to and pern'iitting it to exhaust from said cylii'ider, and adjustable connections between the mold support and positively limiting the n'i'ovement of the mold support away from the base. I

ll. In a molding; machine, the combination oi a base, an anvil mounted on said base and vertically movable with respect tl'iereto, means providing a resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support above the anvil and vertically movable with respect to the anvil and base, sa'd anvil and mold support being provided, one with a cylinder and the other with a piston working therein, means for introducing pressure fluid to and permitting it to exhaust from said cylinder, and connections between the mold support and base positively limiting the movement of the mold support away from the anvil, soul connections including cushioning devices arranged to exert an increasingretarding eflect on. the mold support as the latter reaches the limit of its movement;

12. In a jar molding machine, the combination ot' a base, an "anvil mounted on said. base and vertically movable with respect thereto, means providing a resilientcushionbetw-eeni-the base and anvil, a mold support above the anvil-and veutically nmvablewith respect to the anvil andbase, said; anvil and mold support beingpr-ovided, one with. a cylinder andthe :othen with a :piston work.- ing -therein, means: for introducingpressure fluid to and permitting it-to exhausti-from said cylinder, and I connections between the mold-- support and-- base positively limiting.

the movement: otthe moldsupport away from; the-'anviljsaidi connections including oneonmone dash pots, each including apiston and! a cylinder connected onelothe' base and the-other'to the supports- 13. In a jar molding machine, the combination Ofutln base,- an anvil. mounted on said baseiand vertically movable with respect thereto, means providing a resilient cushion between the base and anvil, a mold support above the anvil and vertically movable with respect to the anvil and base, said anvil and mold support being: provided, one with a cylinder and the other with a piston working therein, means for introducing pressure fiuido and permitting it to exhaust from said c linder, and connections between the mold support and base positively limiting the movement of the mold support away from the base, said connections including one or more dash pots, each including a piston and a cylinder connected one to the base and the other to thesupport, and having provisions whereby v the movement of the mold support toward the base is not impeded thereby, while the latter portion of the movement of the table away from the base is 0pposed by a gradually, increasing resistance.

14. In a jarmolding machine, the combinatiouwith an anvil member, of'a mold support member, one of said members being provided with a vertical piston and the (ither with the cooperating cylinder into which fluid under pressure is admitted and from which it is permitted to exhaust to produce alternate separations of and collisions between the mold support and anvil members, and means acting positively on said mold support to restrict its rising movement.

15. In a jar moldingmachine, the combination with an anvil member, of a mold support member, one of said members being provided with a vertical piston and the other with the coiiperating cylinder into which fluid under pressure is admitted and from which it is permitted to exhaust to produce alternate separations of and collisions be-' tween the mold support and anvil members,

and adjustable means for acting positively on saidmoldsupport to restrict its rising movement.

16. In a jar molding machine, the combination with an anvil member, of a mold support member, one of said members being provided with a vertical piston and the other with the cooperating cylinder into which fluid under pressure is admitted and from which it is permitted to exhaust to produce alternate separations of and collisions between the mold support and anvil members, means, including cushioning devices acting positively on said mold support to restrictits rising movement.

17. In a jar molding machine, the combination of a base, a horizontally flattened anvil, cushion springs int posed between the base and anvil, a molctisupport, said mold support and anvil being provided, one with a vertical piston and the other with a cooperating cylinder, and means for connectemme said springs, vertical rods connected to said base at their lower ends and extending upward through said springs and said apertures, said mold support and anvil being provided, one with a vertical piston and the other, with a cooperating cylinder, and means for connecting the interior of said cylinder alternately to a source of fluid under pressure, and to exhaust.

FREDERICK W. TAYLOR.

Witnesses ARNOLD KA'rz, S. S'JEWARI). 

